PHILADELPHIA - As the final weeks of summer approach and schools prepare for the 2022-2023 school year, the School District of Philadelphia is preparing its protocols.
Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. and School system Medical Officer Kendra B. McDow are set to announce health and safety protocols for the upcoming school year.
The announcement comes one day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed COVID-19 guidelines including a quarantine period and social distancing.
It also comes after a 2021-2022 school year that ended with more than 150 students shot and 31 students killed in the city. Watlington began his term in June after serving as the superintendent of Rowan-Salisbury Schools in North Carolina.